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Pasta La Vista Baby

by Tenina Holder

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I always imagined post Arnies corny line that if I should ever have an Italian Restaurant, it would be called Pasta La Vista...in the absence of such an occurrence, this is probably the next best thing. I LOVE homemade pasta and of course with the help of Thermomix, nothing could be easier. I dashed home from work, whipped up a batch of dough, let it rest whilst I searched for the arm to my pasta roller, and after working up a sweat as I scoured cupboards and drawers with no luck, gave up on the home made and quickly cooked some fettucine I had in the pantry, still did an outstanding sauce and yes, we were eating in no time. As for the lost art of rolling pasta? Hasta la Vista baby!

Do

Roast pumpkin in fan forced 200°C oven for around 20-25 minutes and set aside.

2

Place herbs into Thermomix bowl and chop for a few sec/speed 7.

3

Place garlic and cheese into Thermomix bowl and mill for 10 sec/speed 9.

4

Add pine nuts, juice and enough EVOO to make a fairly thin pesto. (I used 100g)

5

Toss pesto through warm pasta, add olives, tomatoes, roasted pumpkin and then crumble feta over the top. Drizzle with additional EVOO and garnish with a few fresh herb leaves.

More

Eat immediately.

Pasta is always stunning served with fresh French Sticks...with or without the garlic butter. Looks like I'm going to need a Ciabatta recipe up here, if I'm going to help keep European Union relations in good shape! And no I didn't find the rest of the pasta roller...looks like I'll be needing a brand spanking new one!

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Who am I?

Tenina Holder is a wife and mum and more recently grandmother, who started cooking for a living back in 2006.

Tenina has become the premium go to source for all thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks frequently appear on the Australian best seller lists and her Spin A Dinner app hovers around on top of the charts.

Her following is growing and global with people as far away as Chile and Kazakhstan loving her books and sending her email! Tenina is not afraid of salt, butter or sugar and believes chocolate is a health food.